The Forrest City times., 1887-12-31
ABOUT ARKANSAS.

tn two weeks hunt in Greene county.
 St. Andrews Episcopal church fin Marianna has received gift of 8 500.
 pound bell, cast at Troy, N. Y. Money has been subscribed to build a bell tower.
 The rise in the price of cotton has been a god-send to planters and farm CTS throughout the state. In many counties the people are in better finan- cial plight than for years before.
 Walker Jones, notorious horse-thief of Lincoln county, when arrested in Pine Bluff tine other day, had on his person big six-shooting pistol that he had stolen from the Lincoln county sheriff before making his escape
 The prosperity of Jefferson county farmers this year was shown by the great throng of country people who in- vaded Pine Bluff daily last week to buy Christmas things. The holiday trade of the city was the largest ever known | there.
 Batesyille merchants have handled 7500 bales of cotton this season, against t500 last. Drought cut the crop short.
 The Poriia Free Press remarks that "fights in Walnut Ridge last Saturday were not exactly numerous, but se- were"
 A party Of four recently killed ten deer, three bears, three tiger cats and any quantity of smaller game in two weeks hunt in Greene county.
 The cotton gin of Burke & White .. | Levesque, eight nils from Vandale, was burned last Monday night. Loss, s2J00; insurance, Sl5o0. Since the killing of G. s. Barraque a few days ago at Altheimer by ". T. Roberts it has developed that it was wanton and wicked murder. Ro berts is still at large.
 The St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas road has built recently 3 l-4 miles of | pile trestle in White river bottom, and replaced two combination spans in the White river bridge.
 Earle Wayne, a lumber contractor, was knocked down and robbed in Para gould few nights ago, by four un- known men, who, after taking $550 from him. beat him until he was insen- sible.
 At Texarkana Saturday night the hardware store of Chatfeld and Buer- man was entered by breaking through one of the show windows and robbed to the amount of about $200. No idea as to the thieves.
 The latest from the tragedy at Lew isville, thirty miles east of here, is that Hanson is not mach hurt. Capt. Adair, it is thought, is mortally wounded. The sheriff is here looking after the offender, who is supposed to have come this way.
 Presley k. Smith, who died In Fay etteville two weeks ago, was Sheriff of Washington county in lS40, and county clerk in 1s46. To the latter office he was repeatedly reelected. He served four years as Sheriff and twenty-six years as county clerk.
 A number of persons crossed the Ar kansas river the other day at Garden City to see herd of buffalo now graz ing on the prairies. There are about thirty young calves and one or two cows in the herd. The owner intends making an effort to cross them with domestic cattle.
 Little Rock got up grand fox hunt last Friday for the benefit of she Or phans Home. The Democrat, in lurd description of the chase, says that the rider first in at the death leaped his horse over the mass of Struggling dogs and fox If he had done such a thing in England or Old Virginia his name would be Dennis with big, big D.
 More mad dogs have been discov- cred at Hot Springs and the proclama- ton renewed for the killing of all un- muzzled dogs.
 X. $. Candish. arrested last week at Jefferson, Tex, by United States Mar shal W. II. Owens as one of tho Genoa tArk.) train and express robbers, and brought to Texarkana for identiilea- tiOts haS AtttootA iiVm tNcAoNNS there not being evidence sufficent for conviction.
 George Robinson, charged with burg larlzing freight car belonging to the Iron Mountain Railroad lying in the yards at Little Rock last week, was ar rested by Officer W. IT. Sweeny at Tex arkana and placed in the county jail awaiting requistlon from Little l Rock authorities.
 On the evening of the 10th inst, about seven miles south of Sheridan, w. A. Sawyers shot T. NJ. Barnes, Sawyers came to town this morning and sur rendered to Sheriff Borough. The trouble occurred at a dance. Sawyers claims that Barnes was advancing upon him with knife, and that he was act ing in self-defense. It is thought that 1 Barnes is not fatally wounded.
 Rudolph Montague, of Pine Bluf, while looking at boys firing crackers Sunday night, was rudelyaeecsted by negro. Montague admonished him to restrain his language. The negro then apologized and walked of, but shortly afterward retraced his steps and invited Montague out into the street for fight, with the assurance that he would teach him lesson. He then suddenly drew a revolver and placed it at Montaigue's breast. He fired, and the ball entered Monta igue's side and lodged under his shoulder. Montague pursued him and fired three shots. one of which lodged in the negro's arm. Montague then fell from loss of blood, and was carried home. A negro boy, who vas not in the difficulty, received slight flesh wound from the promiseuous firing of the parties.